Proud to be a Chiropractor

Dynamic Chiropractic Staff

NCMIC Calls Leadership Conference

The National Chiropractic Mutual Insurance Company (NCMIC) has invited representatives from each of the major chiropractic organizations to meet regarding the top five issues facing the chiropractic profession today. The conference is similar to one held over a decade ago by the nursing profession to consider its future.1

The conference will be held in Chicago, September 20-21, 1996. Two representatives from each of the following groups have been invited to represent the points of view of their respective organizations:

  • American Chiropractic Association
  • Association of Chiropractic Colleges
  • Congress of Chiropractic State Associations * Consortium for Chiropractic Research (recently renamed the American Spinal Research Foundation) * Council on Chiropractic Education * Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards * Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research * Foundation for the Advancement of Chiropractic Tenets and Science
  • International Chiropractors Association * National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (as an Observer) * World Federation of Chiropractic
The Leadership Conference needs your direction. Please take a moment to jot down what you believe are the five most important problems or issues facing your profession. Feel free to include any pertinent documentation.

Please mail your input to:

Contract for the Profession
P.O. Box 9118
Des Moines, IA 50309-9118

Your response should be received by September 6, 1996 to allow time to collate the material and distribute it to the participants of the Leadership Conference prior to the meeting. Be watching the November 4, 1996 issue of Dynamic Chiropractic for a report on this important event.

Reference

1. Bezold C, Carlson R. Nursing in the 21st century: an introduction. Journal of Professional Nursing January, February: 2- 9, 1986.

DC

August 1996
print pdf
Trending
News / Profession
Corporate Medicine’s Attack on Chiropractic
Corporate Medicine’s Attack on Chiropractic

The chiropractic profession is under a sophisticated and relentless assault from corporate medicine, so strategically executed that most don’t even recognize it happening. The campaign is powerful, calculated, and well-funded, demonstrated by its covert tactics and the millions being invested to carry it out. Corporate medicine's endgame wants only two things from chiropractic: all our patients and all our money – and it is getting it.

 |  Digital Exclusive
Mark Studin, DC, FPSC, FASBE(C), DAAPM
Chronic / Acute Conditions
Chiropractic Management of a Recalled Cervical Disc Implant
Chiropractic Management of a Recalled Cervical Disc Implant

Over the past two decades, more than 18 million spinal surgeries have been performed in the United States, and cervical disc replacements represent a fair share of those. Device recalls due to design flaws can place patients in difficult clinical situations, especially those who are symptomatic and reluctant to undergo revision surgery. This case highlights the role of chiropractors in managing complex postsurgical patients, particularly those with recalled spinal implants. 

Ronald Feise, DC
Billing / Fees / Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Removing Prior Authorization for Chiropractic
UnitedHealthcare Removing Prior Authorization for Chiropractic

UnitedHealth Group, parent company of UnitedHealthcare, has announced sweeping changes to its prior-authorization (PA) requirements that will eliminate the requirement for chiropractic care and numerous other healthcare services by the end of 2026. Doctors of chiropractic, other providers and patients have long lamented prior authorization requirements because they can delay needed treatment, limit access and even cause some patients not to pursue care.

Dynamic Chiropractic Staff